The MAC Action Newsline:
October 2009

This issue is sponsored by the Associated Industries of Massachusetts.

Kathie Mahoney, Editor

• Ready to Press the Reset Button?
• McKinsey and Company – Management Practice and Productivity: Why They Matter

Video of the Month

• Lean Enterprise Institute founder, Jim Womack, Speaks to Attendees at the Lean Transformation Summit

Successful Implementations in Lean

• Lean is a Big Part of the Package at Accutech

Education & Workforce Development

• STEM Employment Initiatives in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

Growth Strategies

• Innovation: What Works

Industry News

• Survey Results: The Keys to Next Generation Manufacturing Success
• MassMEP Partners with WPI Faculty to Help Companies Learn More About China
• Massachusetts High Performance Buildings Grant Program
• Trask-Decrow Machinery Teams with Pentair Industrial Pumps
• BAE Systems’ Lean Green and Energy Program at Advanced Manufacturing Summit
• MassMEP Resource: Integrating Skill Standards to Achieve Competency

Programs & Events
For complete details about these programs for manufacturers, visit the MAC Action Newsline Calendar.

Upcoming events include:

• International Conference on Surface Metrology, Worcester, MA – October 26-28, 2009
• LE101: Principles of Lean Manufacturing, Fall River, MA – October 27, 2023
• Social Media: What is it? And, How Can Your Company Benefit?, New Bedford, MA – October 28, 2023
• Event: ITAR Shock Therapy: Understanding the Basics, San Antonio, TX – October 29, 2023
• Event Series: Green Build Road Show (five cities), Pittsburgh: November 2, 2009; Denver: November 4, 2009; San Jose: November 6, 2009; San Francisco: November 9, 2009; Phoenix: November 10–13, 2009
• Green Sustainability Roundtable at NYPRO, Inc, Clinton, MA – November 4, 2023
• Executive Trade Mission to Libya and Algeria, November 4-8, 2009
• Webinar Series: Finding International Partners and Conducting Due Diligence, November 4, 2023
• Event: Certified Trade Mission to Turkey, Ankara, Istanbul and Izmir, Turkey – November 8-13, 2009
• Principles of Lean Healthcare, Concord, NH – November 9, 2023
• Policy Deployment Webinar Hosted by TBM Consulting; Including a case study of the Brady Corporation, November 10, 2023
• WPI Venture Forum, 16th Annual Business Plan Contest – November 10, 2023
• Webinar Series: Trade Winds 2010: "The Americas", November 16; December 16, 2022 and January 15; February 8; March 15, 2023
• Profit 101: Grow Profit, Grow Sales, Manchester, NH – November 17, 2023
• Lean Office – Above the Shop Floor, Fall River, MA, November 18, 2023
• Webinar Series: Understanding Documentation, November 18, 2023
• Executive Information Sessional on Lean Manufacturing, Keene, NH – November 18, 2023
• Event: BIS Export Management and Compliance Program, Seattle, WA – November 18-19, 2009
• LE101: Principles of Lean Manufacturing, Hooksett, NH – November 19, 2023
• Event: USA Products Catalog Show at USA Fair 2009, Bangkok, Thailand – November 19-22, 2009
• Building Brands in Good times and Bad, Waltham, MA – November 20, 2023
• Lean 101 with a "Twist", Burlington, ON – November 26, 2023
• A3 Thinking – A3 Development, Phoenix, AZ – December 1, 2023
• Webinar Series: Protecting Your Intellectual Property Rights, December 2, 2023
• LE101: Principles of Lean Manufacturing, Keene, NH – December 8, 2023
• Profit 101: Grow Profit, Grow Sales, Keene, NH – January 26, 2023
• Event: Executive Trade Mission to Algeria and Libya, Algiers, Algeria and Tripoli, Libya – February 17-22, 2010 Contact: Lisa Huot at 202-482-2796 or email her at [email protected]
• Event: AccessAmerica – Build Your Client Base in China, Online Chinese-Language Directory for U.S. Service Firms and Economic Development Agencies – Ongoing
• Profit 101: Grow Profit, Grow Sales, Portsmouth, NH – March 23, 2023

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